Oldenburg State Theatre [Oldenburg]
type: Item
label: Oldenburgisches Staatstheater @nl
description: Theatre building in Oldenburg, Germany
description: operagebouw in Nedersaksen, Duitsland @nl
alternative label: Oldenburg State Theatre
EUTA building identifier: 674
Importance: Not rated
Type of information: Performance venue
Field: architecture
Country: Germany
City: Oldenburg
GPS: Point(8.21 53.1392)
Wikidata source: Q2018731
opening date: 1881-01-01T00:00:00Z
Redevelopment date: 1893-01-01T00:00:00Z
Redevelopment date: 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z
Redevelopment date: 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z
Flanders Arts Institute venue ID: 137410
Web: www.staatstheater.de
architect: Gerhard Schnitger
Postal Code: 26122
Propertylabel: 128
Wikidata instance: Q24354
Kunstenpunt Wiki Qid: Q187548
Carthalia ID: 2062
Modern Opera Houses ID: 950
Burnt down date: 1891-11-24T00:00:00Z
Preservation state: extant building
Preservation state: Used as theatre today
Note: Built 1879-1881 as Großherzoglisches Residenztheater (also known as Hoftheater) by Gerhard Schnitger. Opened Oct 1881 with Goethe's Iphigenie auf Tauris. Destroyed by fire in 1891. 1892-1893 rebuilt and extended by Paul Schnitger. Re-opened 1893 with Shakespeare's Der Kaufmann von Venedig (The Merchant of Venice). 1919 renamed Oldenburgisches Landestheater. 1938 renamed Oldenburgisches Staatstheater. 1969-1974 extension by new foyers and backstage areas. 1998 major extension by the Kleines Haus. 2010-2011 major restoration. - The complex contains three halls: the Großes Haus (510 to 577 seats + 50 standing), the Kleines Haus (350 seats), and the studio theatre Spielraum (80 seats). Used for performances by the resident state opera, drama, ballet and youth theatre companies. Also used for drama performances in Low German by the August-Hinrichs-Bühne company.